Would you say the breathing techniques are more effective for helping stay calm or maximizing workouts?
Breathing techniques are for increasing breath hold, learning to breathe properly, reducing anxiety, eliciting calm, and using oxygen more efficiently.
I’m having issues with buddy breathing and getting water out of the snorkel and staying calm, how should I practice this? Also I have an issue with staying calm with goggles off.
I would practice by just floating in the water with a mask on and pretending to pass the snorkel to your buddy by taking it out of your mouth and putting it back in. Then practice by doing it with your mask off as well.